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All events TBDFull calendar has not been updated

Full ABYC Calendar

June 2020 Official Publication ofAlamitos Bay Yacht Club

Volume 93 • Number 6

Manager’s Corner ...............................................2Commodore’s Comments ...................................2Vice Verses .........................................................2Fleet Captains Log .............................................3Rear View ..........................................................4Rules Quiz #66 ............................................ 5 & 6Membership Report ............................................6Spotlight - Dan Gilboa .................................... 7-8Hails From the Fleets ...................................8-11New Patience Update .......................................12

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manager’scorner

Hello dear ABYC members and your families. We have had a bit of easing on the restrictions with the city’s Marine Operations allowing us conditional use of our big and small hoists.

Having observed the relief and smiles on faces of our members who are, once again, able to take out their boat for a sail—or motor around for our powerboat contingent—has been very encouraging. Commodore Mueller has already addressed the fact you must make appointments for ABYC staff and/or a Board of Director to operate the hoist for you. Feel free to send me an email ([email protected]) or call to make an appointment. Like you, I am checking the news every day hoping for additional easing of social distancing

requirements. We are not by any means out of the woods yet, but continued support and cooperation with city agencies will help us on our path to getting our club reopened. May God bless you and keep you safe. Rick

compasscommodore’s

It’s been an interesting year at ABYC to say the least. The good news is we’re moving in the right direction, with the ramp and hoist now open, and I’m hoping we’ll have the galley open for food and limited drinks. I’m really looking forward to the BBQ opening, and we have

plans in place once the city gives us the OK. I know a lot of it seems like overkill, but we’re doing the best we can under the circumstances, and I appreciate your patience. At this point, we’re looking at a limited Summer Junior Program. Registration will open soon, but again, we’re waiting for approval from the city. We’re also planning some club regattas in the near future, and the 2020 Club championship will happen, too. Mike Van Dyke is working out the details. It’s really great to see some of you at the club again!

Please stay safe and take care. Stephen Mueller

versesvice

We are coming to a time when members are very anxious to get back to sailing. We now have the hoists opened with caveats, but they are operational. The past couple of weekends there have been many cars in the parking lot. Each time at the club I look for

any issues with people not following the social distancing rules. I am pleased to note that most are being considerate of the rules, thank you so much for that. The city is giving us good marks for our efforts, they think we are doing fine in that regard. I have been making some changes to the yard and trying to accommodate those that sail. We do have a waiting list of boats that would like to be included in the yard and those that would like to move. I have done a bit to accommodate some of those.This weekend I will be doing some cutting and gluing of solid surface material for my own kitchen.

I have experimented a bit with this and feel it will be less daunting than I thought…fingers crossed. I say this as a continued idea to setting up the serving area within the club. We may not be able to do it for a month or two though.There are a couple of slabs of concrete that could use attention. One is under the flagpole and the other is the “stage” in the grass area. The stage area is also having an electrical issue that we are taking care of at the same time. I’m very sorry that we will not be able to use it as soon as it is finished, but really looking forward to getting our parties going again. Judging from the number of cars in the parking lot this last weekend, I am sure most are in agreement. Another thing that we have had issues with is the bathroom facilities. We have had undesirables using our desirables, and taking things from us during off hours. To that end we are installing the same FOB system that we use for the front gate to gain access to the bathrooms during off hours. Thank you for bearing with us during this time of change. I have heard from some about inconveniences and it will end soon.Later,Dan DeLave

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2019/20 Officers & Directors

Commodore Steve Mueller [email protected] Commodore Dan DeLave [email protected] Commodore Brooke Jolly [email protected] Captain Mike Van Dyke [email protected] Nigel Brownett [email protected]. Staff Commodore Dave Schack [email protected]

DirectorsSAC Director Gabe Ferramola [email protected] Mike Shea [email protected] Rob Stropky [email protected]

Sou’Wester DEADLINEJune 23, 2020 is the deadline

for the July Sou’Wester.

Treasurer Nicole Peoples

Junior Commodore Julia Carpenter

Fleet Surgeon Dr. Richard Bell

Judge Advocate Alan Cunningham

Fleet Chaplain Don Reiman/Jorge Suarez

Port Captain Dave Myers/Rich Ferdon

Sou’wester Editor/Layout Sharon Pearson [email protected]

Weekly Reader Stacy Massey [email protected]

ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955 Homepage www.abyc.org Email [email protected]

Help us to Help you!Please keep your e-mail address current with [email protected] to receive all of the weekly news and events. Thank you.

The donation of your old sails to the Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation is tax deduct-ible. If you would like a letter acknowledging your donation, please leave your name and contact information taped to your donated sails or with the front office or contact Jennifer Golison at [email protected].

logfleet captain’s

This is starting to remind me of Ground Hog day will Bill Murray in it, only if it was sailboat racing… I’d be first off, the line and lead around the course by now. Wish it was. Like most of you, our lives in the Van Dyke household is monotonous and feel like the rest of you, when

will this return to normal or what our new normal will be? As I’m sure you know the hoist is open by appointment only. This has allowed some creative thinking by the Cal 20 fleet to schedule launch times and then sail out and do rabbit starts and using fixed marks. Ol’ School Style. I’m not encouraging an onslaught of the fleets doing this, but there are ways to get out and sail competitively. Remember, ashore we need to abide by safe distancing and mask protocols.

Talking with Mark and Ron, the club needs to build our qualified judge pool and we’d like to get people in the pipeline. The program, of course is online for now, but it’s a great way to stay involved, learn something new, and participate in events in a way you might not have thought of. Contact me or Ron Wood for more info. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy Mike

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viewrear

Blast from the past...here is an article from Latham Bell when he was Rear Commodore. It is from the March 2014 issue.

Hello ABYC Family and Friends, Wow! This has been a short but busy month! Swing dancing and ukulele lessons are still keeping the beat at the greatest of the west coast sailing clubs! The yard and basin are

still under construction – BUT NOT FOR LONG! This has not stopped the members from coming down and using the club! What a great family we are!

Social updates…The First Annual Port Luff Starboard tournament was great fun! About 60 adventurous souls descended upon the club to shoot some dice and pass some chips to the port or starboard or throw them in the luff pot. 10 tables of six players ranging in age from 12 to ? (My parents taught me not to tell the ages of my seniors) played out the first round. The winners of each table moved on to the center ring table for the championship round. Once again the six championship players represented all age groups that are part of ABYC. This round turned out to be a double header. There was no winner in the first round! Bobbie Peterson ended up as the smooth roller, earning the title of the first ever PLS Club Champion! During the presentation of the new perpetual trophy Bobbie said “This is the first trophy I have my name on”. Bobbie you ROCK! And that is not a violation of RRS 42! Next on the docket was SCYA Mid Winters! Once again we had a great turnout even though we had no hoists or ramp! About 45 volunteers helped to run the racing! I would like to thank each and every one of you that volunteered in advance or stepped up when the last minute call came! (The Flu was a thinning issue with staffing!) Without the volunteers, racing does not happen at ABYC! Last but certainly not least the Rat Pack Party! Over eighty members and guests showed up dressed to the nines! The band was great! The food was awesome and the casino games and raffle prizes were a blast! The real Rat Pack would have had a great time! Thanks to the members of the Social Committee for putting it all together. A special thanks goes out to Kelly and his family for putting together the ambiance of a night out on the town! Look ahead to the Parrot Head Party! Sail on Garth… Latham Bell

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rules quiz #67mark’s racingAnswer on page 6

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Three boats are on port gybe running along a series of buoys that form a continuing obstruction on their windward side. Blue is sailing as close to the obstructions as safety permits. Yellow is overlapped

to leeward and outside Blue, and is required to give Blue room. Green is sailing faster than Blue and Yellow; she establishes an overlap to windward of Yellow and about half a length astern of Blue. Green continues to sail faster than Yellow and Blue. As she reaches Blue’s transom she hails Yellow for room to pass between Yellow and Blue, and bears away. Yellow hails ‘You can’t go in there’ and bears away to avoid contact. Yellow protests. Green claims that RRS 19.2(b) requires Yellow, the outside boat to give the inside boats room to pass the continuing obstruction, which requires her to pass to leeward of Blue. Yellow claims that she has given Green room to pass the continuing obstruction, but as Blue is the keep clear boat, she is not an obstruction to her, and she is not required to give her room to pass to leeward of Blue.

Flying proudly at the club. For a full history see last month’s Sou’wester.

gaitersabyc

Just in time for summer ...sun protection or handy face covering are ABYC gaiters made of soft 50+ UPF fabric. While the club remains closed you may purchase for $20 by charging

to your club account via email to Jenny LaForce or Jennifer Golison and pickup from the Golison’s doorstep. Alternatively, we can mail to you for $3 additional charge. Once the club reopens they will be available for purchase at the club. Any questions please contact Jennifer Golison at 562-305-6410 or [email protected]

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...from page 5answer #67mark’s rules

How should the protest committee rule? See if you can figure out the relevant facts, conclusions and decision. Review the following definitions and rules. Definitions, Obstruction, Room Rule 11, On the Same Tack, Overlapped

Rule 19.2(b), Room to Pass an Obstruction, Giving Room at an Obstruction Rule 19.2(c), Room to Pass an Obstruction, Giving Room at an Obstruction World Sailing Cases 29, 41, 117 As Yellow is overlapped to leeward of Blue, she has right of way over Blue, and therefore Blue is not an obstruction to Yellow and Green. For this reason RRS 19.2(b) does not apply between Yellow and Green. Green is required by RRS 12 to keep clear of Blue and by RRS 11 to keep clear of Yellow. After Yellow becomes overlapped to leeward of Blue, Yellow has right of way over both Blue and Green. Therefore, at that time Yellow becomes an obstruction to Blue and Green and, if Green becomes overlapped with Blue, rule 19.2(b) begins to apply between Blue and Green. Rule 19.2(b) requires Blue to give Green room to pass between herself and Yellow unless Blue has been unable to do so from the time that Green ‘s overlap with Blue began.As Blue is already sailing as close to the obstructions as safety permits, she is unable to give Green room under RRS 19.2(b) .

CONCLUSIONS 1. Blue, outside boat at an obstruction, was unable to give Green room to pass the obstruction, and did not break RRS 19.2. 2. Green to windward failed to keep clear of Yellow to leeward and broke RRS 11.

DECISION 1. Green disqualified

See you on the water Mark Townsend

reportmembership

Well we finally seem to be coming out of our COVID 19 dormancy and I must say the activity at the club the last couple weekends has been impressive. Obviously everyone is as anxious as we expected with what seems like more folks enjoying the club than usual. Of course social distancing and face coverings seemed more prevalent

than not which we must continue to encourage until instructed otherwise. With all this much needed activity we are pleased to see the usual “summer bump” in new membership is off to a great start with fewer resignations than expected. Great News! For May/June we welcome new junior members Wyatt Atkins sponsored by Joel Stone, and Nichil Stewart sponsored by Commodore Steve Mueller. New regular members Jim Loeffler (returning) sponsored by Dave Myers, Neil Rietdyk sponsored by Keith Ives, and Christopher Thompson sponsored by Dan Milefchik are also joining the ABYC family. Approved for 30 day posting are regular membership applicant Ravi Parent sponsored by Stan Gibbs, along with regular applicant Tiffany McIntosh and junior applicant Noah Stapleton both sponsored by Commodore Mueller. Despite the recent C19 issues, we seem to have weathered the storm better than expected. Both hoists are open and the clubhouse will be reopened soon so please make this the summer to really enjoy our beautiful slice of paradise here on the peninsula. As always, please feel free to contact me for club tours and any questions you may have. Mike Shea, Membership Director [email protected] (562) 900-0234

The donation of your old sails to the Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation is tax deduct-ible. If you would like a letter acknowledging your donation, please leave your name and contact information taped to your donated sails or with the front office or contact Jennifer Golison at [email protected].

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Pat McCormick photo

Passengers are few and the restaurants and bars have closed, but some Angelenos

are still going about their everyday ives at Union Station. Swimming, eating a bit, then swimming some more. The skinny señorita fish, the sex-changing sheephead, the blue-gray blacksmith, schools of rockfish and a horn shark — they’re all going about their business in a 7,500-gallon aquarium at Union Station’s east portal entrance, their audience largely reduced to marine biologist Dan Gilboa, who comes every week to check on his underwater community. “It’s eerie, no one is hanging out at all,” he said, “but I have enjoyed being underwater more than usual. I can really hear the bubbles, watch the fish swimming around. It’s a real escape from what’s going on in the outside world.” The aquarium, marking its 25th year, is part of the installation “City of Dreams/River of History” by May Sun and Richard Wyatt, and its maintenance has been deemed essential business during the coronavirus crisis. Part of Metro’s extensive public art network, it brings a slice of California’s beloved coast right into

downtown L.A.“I wanted a saltwater aquarium to symbolize the Pacif ic Ocean,” said Sun, who did research at public aquariums and hired a marine biologist consultant when the plan was in its early stages.The curve of the 40-foot-long acrylic tank was loosely based on a Native American sculpture of a whale, and Sun recalled the consultant telling her that the tail end needed to be enlarged so the fish could turn around more easily.“I was very lucky Metro agreed to the idea, as this was a big project with a big budget,” she said of the $300,000 aquarium. The main fight she encountered on the project, she said, was over the suggestion that it feature prettier tropical fish.

spotlight...dan gilboamemberIn coronavirus lockdown, Union Station’s aquarium loses its fans but not its keepers

Marine biologist Dan Gilboa cleans the aquarium inside Los Angeles’ Union Station. The tank is part of the artwork “City of Dreams/River of History” by May Sun and Richard Wyatt, and its maintenance is considered essential business during the coronavirus quarantine. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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The exhibit “City of Dreams/River of History” by Richard Wyatt and May Sun at Union Station includes etchings of Native Americans and early Los Angeles settlers. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Stacey Gibbs photo

“I wanted native fish,” she said. May won that battle but, even so, color and variety aren’t lacking inside the tank. Eye-catching vermilion rockfish share the water with the state’s official marine fish, the orange garibaldi, which is Sun’s favorite.Kept at 62 degrees, similar to the local ocean temperature, the aquarium has an acrylic wall featuring Wyatt’s etchings of early Gabrielino Indians and Latino settlers, including Pio Pico, “so that the fish swim through the people,” explained Sun.More than 200 bronze paving inlays of native animals and plants run from the aquarium across the lobby to a second water-based sculpture. Its bench features artifacts excavated from L.A.’s original Chinatown, which was moved to make way for Union Station back in the 1930s, and is dotted with rocks from the L.A. River. Every week, Gilboa, 61, drives from his Age of Aquariums store in Signal Hill. “We have about 400 clients — commercial offices, private homes and celebrities — but this is such an unusual aquarium, I come myself,” he said, declining to reveal his famous customers. “It’s fun.”A nondescript door leads to the filtration room, which is packed with shiny pipes, filters, gauges, sterilizers and boxes of sea salt. Gilboa was joined by aquarist Ethan Valfre, 40, who divided up raw, white shrimp, Atlantic silverside, tiny orange krill and cubes of fishmeal into buckets. A single rockfish might eat four shrimp, he said, but all the fish collectively only get through about 3 pounds of food in each feeding.Most of the fish are broadcast-fed: Food is dispersed on the water’s surface. It turns out that this seemingly peaceful underwater world can be deceptive.Climbing a ladder, Valfre points out a separate area behind the tank that’s currently home to the horn shark. Usually pole-fed with squid, the shark had been losing weight because the pesky pair of silver halfmoon fish had been snatching his food.“They’re getting rather dominant, and they’re very territorial,” Gilboa said. The water level in the tank gets lowered by 200 gallons so that, on tiptoe, a wet-suited Gilboa can shout instructions. Most of the time he uses a yellow hose attached to an air compressor rather than scuba tanks to breathe during tank cleaning and maintenance. The rocks and impressive-looking Macrocystis pyrifera, or giant kelp, are artificial, but there’s always housekeeping that needs to be done. Gilboa snapped a fallen piece of coral back into place and, as always, scrubbed the gravel and cleaned the acrylic. Gilboa, who lives in Long Beach, described himself as a water baby whose childhood passion was turtles. “But then Walter Cronkite on the evening news said they had salmonella, so my dad told me to get rid of them and I switched to fish,” he said. Valfre, who studied marine biology in college, said these fish were collected by two aquarists from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. He tests the salt, nitrate and pH levels and usually comes back twice more each week for additional feedings, though Gilboa has taken over that duty for now. “These fish have been getting home food delivery for years,” Gilboa said ruefully, noting the stay-at-home orders mean others aren’t able to find the measure of peace that the fish provide. Gilboa looks forward to the day when the coronavirus crisis is over and Angelenos and visitors passing through Union Station can see the horn shark, which has recovered in isolation and is about to be reintroduced into the exhibit. “Kids especially are always just mesmerized by the fish,” Gilboa said with a smile, “and when they see me in there too, their eyes go wide. I can’t wait for that to happen again.” By JAMES T. BARTLETT Los Angeles Times

...from page 7spotlightm o r e

A 7,500-gallon aquarium and river rock bench at Union Station’s east portal is part of the artwork “City of Dreams/River of History” by Richard Wyatt and May Sun. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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The Cal 20 season has been postponed and will now start July 8th with the kickoff of Wet Wednesday’s at Long Beach Yacht Club. Cal 20 Nationals at Tacoma has been canceled. We hope to go out informally on Wednesdays now that the hoist is semi-open.

Last month we looked back at Cal 20 history and will do the same this month. Sharon Pearson has archived Sou’Westers on the ABYC website going back to 2003. It was fun to look back at these old issues. I have picked two articles from September 2004.

See ya on the water or in the yard, JeffIvesFrom September 2004C20 Class Championships: The C20 Class Championships were held the third weekend in July. The event was very well attended with 41 boats participating. On behalf of the C20 fleet I would like to thank the club for holding this event for these great old boats. Mark Golison repeated his winning ways by coming in #1 and retaining his title (as the champ) that he won last year. He is the one to beat! Chris Erickson did his usual excellent job as PRO with lots of help from our dedicated members. Glenn Selvin and Doug McLean were co-chairmen for the event and did an outstanding job of organization. Everyone had a great three days on the water and well as enjoying the club and the fellowship that a really well-run event promotes. This is why ABYC is the place to be.Yard: With the club really pushing for new members (25 new members in the last few months) we have a long list of people waiting to get their boats in the yard. One of the big reasons new members choose to join is because of the yard. Some of our members find that they are not using their boats for a number of reasons. If you are in this siutation please consider selling your boat or making a tax-free donation to either the sailing center or the Boy Scouts. We really need to make room for the active members. There are yard rules to remove boats but we would prefer that members make the decision that is good for them and the club. Save the Date: Saturday, October 16th is the Installation of Officers and the Commodore’s Ball. Plan on attending in support of the in-coming Board as well as to honor the members who will be receiving special awards for outstanding service, sportsmanship, sailing, junior awards and the Ducky Woodman award. We are planning a special event with great food and great dance music (We will have the same musicians that we had for the Valentine’s Party). Make your reservation early; get a group and reserve a table! See you at the club Ron Wood, Vice Commodore

From September 2004 Hails From the FleetsThe Cal 20 Class Championship was held at ABYC July 16-18. Photos courtesy of Dave Kofahl. Results are on the ABYC website. Dave & Carol Kofahl captions

THE WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: Mark Golison (center) with crew Chris Snow (left) and wife and crew Jennifer, with daughter accept the Cal20 National Championship Perpetual from former Masters Champ/ABYC Vice Commodore Ron Wood.

Steve Flam (left) is awarded the Bravura half-model perpetual for the best maintained boat #400 Toadstool (owned by Isabelle Lounsberry, Mark & Robin Townsend), by co-chair Doug McLean. Not pictured is Skipper Barney Flam

Holding an almost invisible trophy, Merle Asper and crew Chris Wells of ABYC, accept 3rd place in Silver Fleet from Vice Commodore Ron Wood. (The trophy was later passed to Chris where it looked bigger.)

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Lido Love

With twilight racing still postponed the lido fleet has continued Thursday night Zoom meetings. It’s a great way to keep in touch and find out what everyone has been up to. If you have joined in, test your knowledge with the following quiz:

1. Who shared their first-hand experience with COVID-19?

2. Which Lido fleet members just got moorings in Catalina? Name the members and the cove. Extra credit: Give the mooring number

3. Someone gave a live piano performance on an antique piano. a. Who was it? b. How old was their piano? c. Where was it delivered from? d. Extra credit: Name the song or composer

4. How many Lido’s does John Gresham have at his shop? Who are the owners?

5. Someone joined the Zoom meeting while sailing in the outer harbor and signed off when they returned to the club. Who did this?

6. Catalina experience (prior to Memorial Day weekend): a. This couple sailed by Emerald cove during the shutdown and gave us a report. b. These two couples joined a Zoom meeting from a mooring in Catalina?

7. This couple has taken social distancing to a different latitude.

8. Which Lido sailors, that are not from fleet 6, have participated in the zoom meetings?

9. Who’s animals have been seen on the Zoom meetings? Who is looking for a dog?

10. Who has consumed the most wine during the Zoom meetings?

Submit your answers to [email protected]. There may be more than one correct answer, creativity counts. Winners and answers will be announced at an upcoming Zoom meeting. Kevin and Helen

...from page 9

Excitement builds with the organized chaos of getting Cal20’s ready for the intergalactic Championships.. The event attracted 40 boats, and over 100 racers to the hub of the Cal20 universe, Long Beach.

Chuck Clay of ABYC and crew took the Elimination Series Perpetual on #26 Veinte Seis.

Tom Shadden of LBYC enjoys victory in the Masters Class with his grandson and crew Thomas. Son John, (not pictured) also crewed on #103.

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the fleetshails fromJennifer Kuritz photos

The SCYA Midwinters scheduled for Lake Gregory in May was cancelled due to the pandemic. No news on rescheduling it yet. The Dragon Flite 95 Fleet is growing and we already have two members entered for the San Diego NOOD Regatta in September. Fleet racing at El Dorado Park and Mason

Lake are on the schedule for this summer and fall. Time to charge the batteries and exercise the thumbs! Don Shirley

Now that the club is starting to loosen up regulations with the Covid-19 pandemic we have had a few teams out training over the last few weekends in hopes for late summer and fall regattas to come together. Seeing there is no racing to report right now the good news is that we have picked up a number of new boats in our fleet with two brand new Nacra

Evolution F18s and a Hobie 16 from last year’s worlds. And they’re not all brand new but new to us…a warm welcome to new member and Mission Bay YC F18 sailor Jason Moore to our fleet as well. Nick Kofski

Sabot Nationals are still tentatively scheduled for the weekend of October 3-4. This was the same weekend as the ABYC Ladies Day Regatta, but with the shuffling of all

regattas, this is the best slot to try to keep nationals scheduled at ABYC for 2020. In other fleet news, Tom Newton is working with Kathy Black-Smith, Kathy Weishampel and the club to find good Sabots to bring up to competitive quality for use by the Junior program and for Seniors to charter. Kathy Black-Smith donated a boat which Tom is working on, and Tom has a couple of other boats lined up to repair and get ready. If you have a good boat, or boat parts you would like to donate, or interested in helping with some of the work on boats contact Tom Newton. Summer is here and hopefully we will be on the water soon! See the photos from last year of Robin Townsend and Kathy Black-Smith enjoying sailing! Kathy and Cindy

The Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Barfly Fleet is pleased to announce that the wardroom glass has been covered with a sunscreen coating. The bartender’s risk of cataracts has been reduced, members won’t be sunburned, the afternoon’s lower temperatures will improve air qualities and the carpet

will last longer.A first step in the long awaited improvement of our Club House. Tick Weber

Editor’s Note: I stumbled upon this from our September 2004 issue while searching for past memories. This Fleet just might be worth ressurecting. Who’s in?

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I wish I could give you an update but I reluctant to do it because the builders keep blowing through deadlines. The boat is scheduled to leave Maine for CA on 6/12. But we will

see if that really happens.

Editor’s Note: When I asked Kevin for an update on our new Patience the below was his response. I, for one, appreciate his honesty. Thanks Kevin!

new patienceupdate on

There is a self service link on the bottom right of our homepage for adding or changing your info in order to receive the Sou’wester, Weekly Reader and/or Junior announcements. If you click on it you will have the option to select which emails you wish

to receive at the same time you update your email information.

Th i s i s NOT the place for roster changes. That can be accomplished by clicking on Member Home at the top of our homepage, then go to Members Info, use the dropdown and select Edit Your Roster Details.

service announcementmember

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non-member rates

Performance Boat Parts

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